New Tool: Pixlr Editor

I decided to look at free web based image editors and think Pixlr is one of the better ones out there. It is not as robust as Photoshop but provides most essentials for photo-editing. It also provides function for image design. The interface seems to be modeled on Photoshop with easy to find tool set, layer palate and drop-down menus featuring image adjustment features, filters and layering options. If you are familiar with Photoshop – you will make good use of other basics such as crop tool, blur, dodge, burn, eye-dropper, smudge – these are all available from Pixlr Editor. It is very easy to create a new image, upload an image (easily found my image folder) or grab an image from the web.

In addition, try Pixlr Express –a useful tool for simple, one-click adjustments.

Nancy Friedland

Author: Nancy Friedland

Nancy Friedland is the Librarian for Film Studies and Performing Arts. She began work at Columbia in 1995 as the Assistant Undergraduate Librarian. By 1996, she was tasked with helping to develop the Butler Media Collection, Butler Media Center and related services. She continues to serve as the primary selector for the Butler Media Collection and as the liaison to students and faculty in the School of the Arts. She is currently President of Theatre Library Association. She is also a Visiting Associate Professor at the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science and the Palmer School of Library and Information Science. Her personal research interests include costume design for film and theatre, New York City history, Yiddish theatre and digital humanities and the performing arts. Her focus for the Morningside Project is St. Luke’s Hospital.